Several Athens Middle School seventh graders competed in UIL. Those who placed individually or as a team are pictured in the first two rows. They are (first row, from left): Brenda Ruvalcaba (sixth place calculator); Daniel Burnett (third place chess), Leslie Alsobrook (second place impromptu speaking); Ethan Pace (fifth place listening skills and social studies); Ale Pedroza (first place mathematics and as a member of the first-place math team, first place oratory, first place number sense and as a member of the number sense team and first place ready writing); Skylar Fain and Jose Sanchez (members of the first-place math team); (second row, from left) Chase Friedman (third-place number sense and a member of the first place number sense team); Ty Rayburn (sixth place number sense and a member of the first place number sense team); Allie Campbell (second place ready writing); Bradley Miles (first place science and a member of first place science team); Cam Picard (third place science and a member of first place science team); Grant Wood (first place spelling and a member of the first place spelling team); Jadyn Harris (third place spelling and a member of the first place spelling team); Monna Montealegre (fourth place spelling and a member of the first place spelling team); and Kyleigh Ray (member of the first place spelling team). Not pictured is Klayton House, who placed sixth in impromptu speaking. Other seventh graders who participated in UIL (not listed in order of appearance) are: Aliyah Castaneda, Shatasha Bowser, Na’zajia Walker, Bre’nya Barker, Sydney Briggs, Macie Bywaters, Josephine Miles, Chelsey Young, Bayleigh Collins, Jetlira Ademaj, Noemi Lopez, Davis Young and Hunter McDonald. (Toni Garrard Clay/AISD)